The typical family spends approximately 3 to 6 months trying to rid their child of head lice. Typically, RID will be the initial product purchased for the first treatment and then the treatment will be repeated in 7 days. Two weeks later, the parents realize their child still has lice. Next, they will try NIX and then repeat again in 7 days. Two weeks later, they realize they still have lice. At this point, a search of the Internet will be done where lice and nit killing products ‘guaranteed’ to work abound. More products are purchased, more combing and cleaning is done; and yet, the lice and nits remain. Totally frustrated, as well as exhausted, a call is made to the family’s physician and a prescription for Ovide is obtained. Two weeks later, the little critters are back! Parents will also typically dispose of personal items, such as brushes, hair ornaments, and pillows; as well as spend countless hours cleaning and doing laundry – most of which is totally unnecessary. So, let’s take a look at how much the average family will spend:

RID Complete Kit x 2 treatments	$49.98
NIX Complete Kit x 2 treatments	$39.98
Products purchased from the Internet	$100.00
Ovide 2 oz. x 2 treatments	$265.98
Replace personal items that were discarded	$150.00
Cost of missed work days (average 2 days)	$272.00
Cost of missed school days (average 2 days)	$74.00
TOTAL	$951.94
And they still have lice!

Costs that cannot be calculated:

Emotional stress

Time spent combing

Time spent cleaning

Stress on friendships

Stress on marriage & family

Lack of sleep/rest

Applying pesticides/poisons to your child

Now let’s compare the above to a family who comes to The Texas Lice Squad as soon as they are aware their child has lice:

Average Treatment Time is 2.5 hours	$210.50
NitFree Terminator Comb	$ 19.95
Follow-Up	$ 00.00
TOTAL	$230.45

The lice problem is resolved in less than half of a day. There are no countless hours spent combing and cleaning, little time is missed from work and school and you can go back to your normal routine. Most importantly, your child is not exposed to pesticides or poisons. Can you afford to not have your child treated by The Texas Lice Squad?